ἀπό

ἀπό (on the frequently neglect of elision bef. vowels, see Tdf., Pr., 94, WH, App., 146),

prep. with genitive (WM, 462ff.; on its relation to ἐκ, παρά, ὑπό, ib. 456f.), [in LXX for לְ ,בְּ ,מִן ;]

from (i.e. from the exterior).

1. Of separation and cessation;

(1) of motion from a place: Matt 5,29, 30; 7,23, Luk 5,2; 22,41, al.;

(2) in partitive sense (M, Pr., 72, 102, 245; MM, see word; Bl., §40, 2), Matt 9,16; 27,21, Joh 21,10, ApG 5,2, al.; also after verbs of eating, etc.;

(3) of alienation (cl. genitive of separation), after such verbs as λούω (Deiss., BS, 227), λύω, σώζω, παύω, etc.; ἀνάθεμα ἀ., Rom 9,3 ἀποθνήσκειν ἀ., Kol 2,20 σαλευθῆναι, 2 Thess 2,2, καθαρός, -ίζειν, ἀ. (Deiss., BS, 196, 216), ApG 20,26, 2 Kor 7,1, Hebr 9,14;

(4) of position, Matt 23,34; 24,31, al.; after μακράν, Matt 8,30 transposed before measures of distance, Joh 10,18; 21,8, Åb 14,20 (Abbott, JG, 227);

(5) of time, ἀπὸ τ. ὥρας, ἡμέρας, etc., Matt 9,22, Joh 19,27, ApG 20,18, Fil 1,5, al.; ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος, Luk 1,70, al.; ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς, etc., Matt 19,4, Rom 1,20; ἀπὸ βρέφους, 2 Tim 3,15 ἀφ᾽ ἧς, since, Luk 7,45, al.; ἀπὸ τ. νῦν, Luk 1,48, al.; ἀπὸ τότε, Matt 4,17, al.; ἀπὸ πέρυσι, a year ago, 2 Kor 8,10; 9,2; ἀπὸ πρωΐ, ApG 28,23

(6) of order or rank, ἀπὸ διετοῦς, Matt 2,16 ἀπὸ Ἀβραάμ, Matt 1,17 ἐβδομος ἀπὸ Ἀδάμ, Jud 14; ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου, ApG 8,10, Hebr 8,11; ἄρχεσθαι ἀπό, Matt 20,8, Joh 8,9, ApG 8,35, al.

2. Of origin;

(1) of birth, extraction, and hence, in late writers,

(a) of local extraction (cl. ἐξ; Abbott, JG, 227ff.), Matt 21,11, Mark 15,43, Joh 1,45, ApG 10,38, al.; οἱ ἀπὸ Ἰταλίας (WM, §66, 6; M, Pr., 237; Westc, Rendall, in l.), Hebr 13,24

(b) of membership in a community or society (BL, §40, 2), ApG 12,1, al.;

(with) of material (= cl. genitive; Bl. l.with; M, Pr., 102), Matt 3,4; 27,21;

(d) after verbs of asking, seeking, etc., Luk 11,50, 51 1 Thess 2,6 (Milligan, in l.);

(2) of the cause, instrument, means or occasion (frequently = ὑπό, παρά, and after verbs of learning, hearing, knowing, etc.; Bl., §40, 3), Matt 7,16; 11,29, Luk 22,45, ApG 2,22; 4,36; 9,13; 12,14, 1 Kor 11,23, Gal 3,2, al.; ἀπὸ τ. ὄχλου, Luk 19,3 (cf. Joh 21,6, ApG 22,11); ἀπὸ τ. φόβου, Matt 14,26, al. (cf. Matt 10,26; 13,44).

3. Noteworthy Hellenistic phrases: φοβεῖσθαι ἀπό (M, Pr., 102, 107); προσέχειν ἀπό (M, Pr., 11. with; Milligan, NTD, 50); ἀπὸ νότου (Heb. מִגֶּנֶב), Åb 21,13 ἀπὸ προσώπου (מִפְּנֵי), 2 Thess 1,9 (Bl., §40, 9); ἀπὸ τ. καρδιῶν (בְּלֵב), Matt 18,35 ἀπὸ ὁ ὤν (WM, §10, 2; M, Pr., 9), Åb 1,4,

4. In composition, ἀπό denotes separation, departure, origin, etc. (ἀπολύω, ἀπέρχομαι, ἀπογράφω); it also has a perfective force (M, Pr., 112, 247), as in ἀφικνεῖσθαι, which see